Glove.



' Patented July I5, |902.

-S. GRIFFITHS.

s Love. (Application med Mat. 7, 1902.)

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(No Model.)

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` S. M. GRIFFITHS.

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(No Model.)

UNITED' STATES:

PATENT niucn.

SPENCER M. GRIFFITHS, IOF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES PIERSON, OF BALA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,961, dated July 15., 1902.

' Application led March '7, 1902. Serial No. 97,042. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern/.-

Beit known that I, SPENCER M. Gnrrnrrns, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, (and whose postoice address is 866 Brooklyn street,`in said city,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves, of which the follow-1 A ing is a specification. v

My invention has relation to improvements in gloves; and the object of my invention'is to provide in a glove a lateral or transverse fullness adapted to accommodate and provide for the lateral expansion or increase in diameter of the hand upon closing or clenching the same.

My invention has particularreference to gloves employed for driving, wherein the hands are held clenched with the reins tightly held therein for a continued period of time'.4

As gloves have been k constructed prior to my invention the part of the glove'covering the palm and back of the vhand has been a close iit in order to produce a dressy appearance. Upon the hand being clenched the side of the palm of the hand and other portions of the palm are tightly gripped by the glove, thereby producing a manifest discomfort, especially in cold weather. Gloves'for driving have also been provided with ribs arranged upon the inner side of the fingers and palm side of the glove in order to increase the stability of the grip of the glove on the rein. To form these ribs, the fabric ofthe glove has been drawn together and sewed below the surface of the ribs, which also has a tendency to resist proper lateral expansion of the' glove when the hand is clenched. In my invention the lateral expansion of the palm of the hand due to the bunching ofthe muscles at the outside edge ofthepalm is perfectly accommodated without'stretching-the glove. At the same time the formation of the friction-ribs on the glove for driving is had without sacriiicing the proper fullnesssto the glove. To bring about these results, `I have inserted into the outer edge of the glove opposite the thumb a gusset, which is intentionally made fuller than the normal lateral dimensions of the glove and which preferably extends from the base of the little finger beyond the innerl termination of the wrist slit or placket, at the same time leaving the edgesof'A the Vbody of the glove and the gusset exposed, so as to form on the inside of the palm and the back 5 5 vof the glove opposite the thumb the necessary fullness and ribs for driving purposes.

My invention thereforeresides in the novel construction and in the improved article, all as-hereinafter described, and further pointed 6o out in the claims. l

In the drawings forming part of this speciication, Figure l is a plan View of the back of a glove embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view reversed, showing the palm side. Fig. 3 is an edgeV view.v Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation throughl the palm on the plane of the line w Figs. l and 2; and Fig.

5 is a plan view of the gusset.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor- 7o responding parts throughout( the several views.

In the drawings, l indicatesa glove of ordinary or desired construction embodying the fingers 2 3 and the thumb 4, the Abody 5, 75 and the Wrist slit or vplacket't, provided with the usual or desired means 7 8 for` closing the same.

At 9 is the gusset, preferablyY elliptical in shape, preferably having its greater lateral Se diam eter intermediate its ends 10, as lon the line y y, Fig. 5, and let into an aperture formed in the outer edge 1l of the glove from preferably the base of the little iinger 3 to below or beyond the inner termination 13 of the 35 wrist-slit. Y

The gusset When set in place is laterally or transversely Wider than the usual lateral dimension of the body of the glove where the latter is made all in one piece, as is usual, 9o and laterally or transversely through the palm the gusset is disposed so as to provide an extra fullness in this direction also, which is produced through the increase of the gussets dimension laterally.

The edges le 15 of the body of the glove and the gusset are tied together by a line of stitching 16 below their exposed edges, as is the thumb at 17, Fig. fl, and I prefer that a raw edge 14: 15 be exposed'in order to zoo reduce the size of the rib lll l5 thus formed and to prevent the unsightly appearance which is given to the ordinary driving-rib when the tanned surface of the glove is exposed, thereby forming upon the back of the glove and upon the palm of the glove adjacent its outer edge a rib 14 l5, extending, preferably, from the base of the little finger to the wrist of the glove and below the inner termination 13 of the Wrist-slit, the rib extending inwardly on both sides of the glove preferably on a curved line, as shown,` although this latter is not essential, as the line may be straight. Neither is it essential that the gusset be elliptical, as the lateral fullness may be obtained by inserting the gusset of anyotherpropershape,whichgusset,however, should have in any of the forms in which it is employed a lateral dimension greater intermediate of its ends than at the ends.

It will be apparent that a glove constructed in accordance with my invention follows more closely the contour of the hand when laid flat, especially the curved projection of the mus` cles of the outer edge, (back of the hand being uppermost,) than does the glove of usual manufacture and that the ribs utilized for driving purposes are formed in the glove without utilizing any of the necessary dimension of the glove for this purpose, the ribs being located Where they may be of use and assistance in holding the reins without binding upon the hands or without increasing the size or thickness of the palm or ingers. My improvements, therefore, not only retain all of the advantages, so far as the ribs are concerned, of gloves constructed prior to myinvention and the additional advantage of perfect accommodation for the hand, as well as dispensing with the necessity of employing additional bulk of material in forming theribs, as is necessitated by prior constructions. Having described my invention, I claiml. As an article of manufacture, a glove having a gusset inserted in the/ edge thereof, opposite the thumb, and a rib 'fbrmed around said gusset.

2. As an article of manufacture, a glove having a laterally-expanded gusset inserted in the edge of the glove, opposite the thumb, 'extendin g from adjacent the base of the little nger beyond the inner termination of the wrist slit or placket, and having an outwardly-extending rib formed at the meeting edges of the gusset and glove-body.

3. As an article of manufacture, a glove having a gusset formed in one edge thereof opposite the thumb, the seam between said gusset and glove forming a rib around the same.

4. As an article of manufacture, a glove having a gusset formed in one edge thereof, and an outwardly-turned seam around said gusset formed by the edges of said gusset and said glove being brought together.

5. As an article of manufacture, a glove, having a out-away portion, and a gusset having a transverse fullness covering said cutaway portion, the meeting edges of said gusset and glove extending outwardly upon the outside surface of the glove, forming a rib.

6. As an article of manufacture, a glove ghaving a portion of its edge opposite the thumb cut away, a gusset having a transverse fullness covering said opening, and a rib around said gusset, formed by the meeting edges of said gusset and glove extending outwardly from the surface of the glove.

'7. As an article of manufacture, a glove having a gusset inserted in the edge thereof opposite the thumb, and extending inwardly from said edge on the palm and back of the glove, and a rib around the gusset.

8. As an article of manufacture, a glovel having a rib extending from adjacent the base of the little finger and inwardly on' the palm and back of said glo've, and returning to the edge of said glove at a point beyond the inner termination of the wrist slit or placket.

Signed in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, this lst day of March, 1902.

SPENCER M. GRIFFITHS. Witnesses:

ANDREW J HAND, DANIEL W. SrMKINs. 

